Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Peromyscus pliocenicus
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1937. New middle Pliocene rodent and lagomorph faunas from Oregon and California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(1):2-19
Belongs to Basirepomys according to W. W. Korth and D. D. De Blieux 2010
See also Wilson 1937
Sister taxa: Basirepomys robertsi, Basirepomys romensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kern River, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Kern River Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Idaho, Oregon collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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